I had a non-running, half-disassembled parts car with no title that I traded for a '92 Eagle Talon, and I kind of like it. Since they were built in the USA, and very few were sold in Japan, will they ever become "nostalgic?" Or will they be stuck in limbo, garnering derision from both classic American car buffs and nostalgic Japanese car lovers? Will DSM owners be forever doomed to hang out with their own kind, watching "The Fast & the Furious" in a dark corner, wondering what might have been? Discuss.

I wasn't really sure what you were talking about and had to go a googling. A DSM Eagle Talon is a Mitsubishi Eclipse (or a Plymouth Laser?).First generation looks suitably retro-futuristic especially in two-tone white/black or gray/black.AWD turbo seems to be the one to have and I was surprised to read that it competed in racing and was even successful!Any chance of a photograph to see what you are working with? From a quick image search I think the clean look with a drop and a nice set of suitably '80's-tastic rims look best.

I wasn't really sure what you were talking about and had to go a googling. A DSM Eagle Talon is a Mitsubishi Eclipse (or a Plymouth Laser?).First generation looks suitably retro-futuristic especially in two-tone white/black or gray/black.AWD turbo seems to be the one to have and I was surprised to read that it competed in racing and was even successful!Any chance of a photograph to see what you are working with? From a quick image search I think the clean look with a drop and a nice set of suitably '80's-tastic rims look best.

Toolz,Most compete in drag racing with the two fastest running either 7.70sec (1st gen) in the 1/4 mile and the other (RWD converted 2nd gen) that ran 6.9sec in the 1/4 mile.

The 1st gens are based off the 6th gen Galants, Especially noticable in the AWD cars, (suspension and drivetrain is practically identical, a few minor differences, due to vehicle length), while 2nd gens were based off the Dodge Avengers of the same years.

They aren't too bad of cars, but I wouldn't nessarily see them as true JNCs, nostalgic sure, but they weren't built in Japan like the rest of our cars, and very few were ever actually exported to Japan, several to Europe and I have even seen a couple 2nd gens in Dubai.

Crankwalk wasn't as big a problem as most made it out to be.

I had a 99 Eclipse NT and that shares more in common with a chrysler product than it does ever being near Japanese, it was honestly just a better styled dodge neon than anything lol.

So what if they are manufactured by Chrysler?! who designed the car in the first place? Mitsubishi. The only thing different from the eagle/plymouth cars and thier Mitsubishi counterparts are the emblem and some slight styling changes. I personally preferred the look of an 97 talon tsi to the gsx of the same year. Not to mention, how many Asian cars of the 90's till now can lay claim to being built in Japan? Most of our toyotas were built in the Midwest. Half of the hondas on the road are from Canada... And now the shoe is on the other foot. The current base model Lancer is running a GM world motor. Will someone in the near future question its eligability as a future nostalgic based on that? I think not since it carries an emblem from Japan. So why knock the DSM?

I'm pretty sure the 1st gen dsm engines were built in japan? I could be totally wrong. I know the whole crank walk with the 7 bolts had to do with not hardening the cranks like the rest of the world did, which was a dsm decision from what I understand.

I've never liked the first gen styling, but I always loved the styling of the second gens.

With that being said, the numbers of them on the road is quickly going down. I don't see nearly as many in the junkyards anymore as well. Eventually it will be something of a rare car that people will go, damn that was a fast little car way back in the day.

Every DSM if it wasn't destroyed by ricers of the fast and the furious first movie era has been wrecked or parted out. I havn't seen a good one in forever meanwhile I see great Galant VR4s and 3000GTs constantly.

When I do see a nice one its like a miracle. So they probably will be a "JNC" simply for the fact that htey will be so incredibly rare.

Every DSM if it wasn't destroyed by ricers of the fast and the furious first movie era has been wrecked or parted out. I havn't seen a good one in forever meanwhile I see great Galant VR4s and 3000GTs constantly.

When I do see a nice one its like a miracle. So they probably will be a "JNC" simply for the fact that htey will be so incredibly rare.

I never see clean Galant VR-4s, all the ones I saw at the DSM Shootout yesterday were roached or riced! I saw maybe two or three clean DSMs there...DSM people seem to be a strange breed. They don't care if it has rust holes in it as long as it runs 11s...

Haha, I hesitated when I saw the last post was in August. But I HATE to miss a chance to defend my beloved DSMs. My old '90 blue TSi is the car that got me into older Mitsu's and older Japanese cars in the first place.